Best Practices for Environmental Stewardship

Here at Pinnacles Campground, we are striving to improve our environmental performance every day. The decisions we make while working and camping at Pinnacles can have a significant impact on the environment. Please help us to reduce our impact by following these tips:

·        Stay on trails to avoid damaging vegetation and disturbing wildlife habitat.

·        Recycle as much of your waste from camping as you can. Blue Recycling dumpsters are located throughout the campground.

·        Recycle propane cannisters and used batteries at the campground store.

·        Minimize shower time to conserve our limited water resources.

·        Keep campsites clean from food scraps to reduce human-wildlife interactions.

·        Follow Leave No Trace and Zero Waste Principles as much as possible.

·        Feel free to share any of your own suggestions with our staff as well!

Pinnacles Campground Environmental Efforts

We are committed to implementing innovative programs and reducing our environmental impact wherever possible. Come of the initiatives we have implemented and are working on include:

·        Planting low water native grasses around the pool and adding hardscaping to replace non-native turf grass (completed in 2020).

·        Limiting the amount of packaging on items sold in stores (ongoing)

·        More than 10% reduction in water use year over year (2019, 2020).

·        Using nontoxic and natural cleaning agents and hygiene products (ongoing).

·        Achieve 90% landfill diversion rate for company generated waste (2021).

·        Using zero emissions tools and vehicles in the campground (ongoing).

·        Reducing electricity usage 10% year over year (2020).

·    Replacing all lighting fixtures with LED bulbs (2019).

·    San Benito County's Green Business of the Year (2021).

 ·    Install timed and motion sensored lights to reduce electricity usage (2020).

To learn more about our current programs and performance, scan the QR Code Below.